Sony PlayStation at NBA All-Star Weekend

This past weekend, Sony partnered up with the NBA to outfit the official player’s lounge at NBA All-Star weekend, giving players and families a chance to relax, play some of the latest PlayStation games, and get access to one-of-a-kind, customized Nike Air Force Ones and a PLAYSTATION 3 laser-etched with a design of their choice.

Paul Pierce with a custom Celtics-green Obama PS3

In addition to getting early hands-on time with games like MLB 09 The Show and Killzone 2, some of the players showed some real skills with the games. Teammates Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook took each other on with MLB 09 The Show, moved over to MotorStorm: Pacific Rift to race, and then played each other in NBA 09 The Inside. Dikembe Mutombo practiced Pacific Rift before taking on his kids in a race. And Nate Robinson showed some skills in Killzone 2 as he marched his way through a couple of levels.

Of course the weekend wouldn’t be complete without having two of the PlayStation Skills Challenge players at the lounge to play as themselves in NBA 09 The Inside’s Skills Challenge event. Derrick Rose had no idea what the competition was like prior to playing himself virtually in the competition, and we like to think his training helped him win the real event. After the actual competition he said that it was fun playing as himself in the game because it gave him a chance to truly see how the event would run.

How ill are these PS3’s? If I end up having to purchase another besides my trusty 60GB launcher, then I am surely going to spend the buck to get a custom paint job.. So sweet. Hope it won’t affect performance though..

How ill are these PS3’s? If I end up having to purchase another besides my trusty 60GB launcher, then I am surely going to spend the buck to get a custom paint job.. So sweet. Hope it won’t affect performance though.. and costly?

@Chris Morell
I know man. That man is do focus on winning on a title that it seems that nothing else matter. He treats every possession as a life or death possession.
BTW Lakers fricken rules. I am not going to pronounce them the NBA Champ of 2009, but I hope the end up winning the title.

Let me just say, I’m a HUGE Chicago Bulls fan and I’m a HUGE PlayStation fan. Seeing my favorite NBA player on my team, Derrick Rose, win the PlayStation skills challenge had me very happy. The only thing I’m disappointed about was I didn’t see Jack Tretton hand Rose a free PS3 (like he gave Dwayne Wade a free 60GB PS3 two years ago). Oh well, I was still very happy to see Derrick Rose win the challenge.

Interesting fact ; The US government could have bought just under 2 BILLION PS3’s with YOUR tax money Obama just signed away into a ‘bailout’ fund. Sony has sold just under 21 Million worldwide so far.